Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly histales of mystery and the macabre. Widely regarded as a central figureof Romanticism in the United States and American literature as awhole, he was one of the country\'s earliest practitioners of theshort story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to theemerging genre of science fiction.
Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly histales of mystery and the macabre. Widely regarded as a central figureof Romanticism in the United States and American literature as awhole, he was one of the country\'s earliest practitioners of theshort story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to theemerging genre of science fiction.
